Essential Part Questions & Answers for Logical Reasoning of MPSC | STI | PSI

Directions to Solve:

Each question has an underlined word, followed by four answer choices. You can choose the word that is a necessary part of the underlined word.
                                                               

1. harvest

A. stockpile
B. autumn
C. tractor
D. crop

                                                               

2. desert

A. cactus
B. arid
C. flat
D. oasis

                                                               

3. book

A. learning
B. pages
C. pictures
D. fiction

                                                               

4. language

A. writing
B. slang
C. tongue
D. words

                                                               

5. school

A. student
B. learning
C. test
D. report card

                                                               

Answers:

1-D
Clarification:
To harvest something, one must have a crop, which is the essential element for this item. There may not be enough of a crop to stockpile (choice b), and you can harvest crops without a tractor (choice c). Autumn (choice a) is not the only time crops are harvested. 


2-B
Clarification:
A desert is an arid tract of land. Not all deserts have cacti or oases (choices a and c). Not all deserts are flat (choice d). 


3-B
Clarification:
The necessary part of a book is its pages; there is no book without pages. Learning (choice d) may or may not take place with a book. Not all books are fiction (choice a), and not all books have pictures (choice c).


4-D
Clarification:
Words are a necessary part of language. Slang is not necessary to language (choice b). Not all languages are spoken (choice a). Not all languages are written (choice c). 


5-A
Clarification:
Without students, a school cannot exist; therefore, students are the essential part of schools. The other choices are not essential.